2020 Security And Fire Safety Reports Main Campus - Wheaton

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12020 Security and Fire Safety ReportsMain Campus

22020 Wheaton College Annual Security and Fire SafetyReports—Main CampusMission & ObjectivesThis report is provided in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus SecurityPolicy and Crime Statistics Act, as amended. It provides students and employees of WheatonCollege ("College") with information on: the College's security arrangements, policies andprocedures; programs that provide education on such things as drug and alcohol abuse,awareness of various kinds of sex offenses, and the prevention of crime generally; andprocedures the College will take to notify the campus community in the event of an emergency.Its purpose is to provide students and employees with information that will help them makeinformed decisions relating to their own safety and the safety of others.Policy for Preparing the Annual ReportThis report is prepared by the Public Safety Compliance Officer in cooperation with local lawenforcement authorities and includes information provided by them as well as by the College'scampus security authorities and various other elements of the College. Each year an e-mailnotification is made to all enrolled students and employees that provides the website link toaccess this report. Prospective students and employees are also notified of the report'savailability. Hard copies of the report may also be obtained at no cost by contacting ChaseService Center, 924 E College Ave., Wheaton, IL, 60187. The College is committed to taking theactions necessary to provide a safe and secure working/learning environment for all students andstaff. As a member of the campus community, you can feel safe and comfortable knowing thatsecurity procedures are in place that represent best practices in the field, and are constantly testedand re-evaluated for their effectiveness.Crime Prevention Through PreparationThe Wheaton College Department of Public Safety is dedicated to the protection of life andproperty and to the prevention of crime, fire and accidents. Through a variety of services offeredand through community-oriented patrol, we strive to meet the needs of the members of thecampus community. Uniformed officers are on duty 24 hours a day patrolling campus facilities,streets and parking lots. Through preventative patrol, emergency response, and educationalprograms, Wheaton College Public Safety strives to promote an awareness of safety amongstudents, employees, and visitors. Public Safety is also a service-oriented department. Through avariety of services offered and through community-oriented patrol, we strive to meet the needs ofthe members of the campus community. All Public Safety officers are trained in Red Cross FirstAid & CPR (w/ AED) and carry automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in their vehicles. Someare Red Cross instructors and others Illinois licensed Emergency Medical Technicians. PublicSafety officers are in direct radio contact with the 911 center (DU-COMM) and can requestmedical and police resources much faster than a person calling 911. If there is an emergency on

3campus call x5911. Since they are in and around campus, Public Safety officers are able torespond faster than other agencies (ambulance, fire, police). The College has more than 70buildings (academic, administration, and recreational facilities; residence halls; apartments;houses; athletic fields) and each has a different address! As a caller, you may only know thatyou're "in the library" or "at the softball field" but have no other way of explaining your locationto the 911 dispatcher. Public Safety officers have access to all locations 24/7 and are familiarwith the "ins and outs" of all campus buildings.Security Awareness and Crime Prevention ProgramsRecognizing that the most effective way to increase security and prevent crime is to educatecommunity members on safe practices, the College regularly hosts security awareness and crimeprevention programs. The goal of these programs is to inform the campus community aboutsafety procedures and practices, and to encourage the campus community to be responsible fortheir own security and the security of others.At the beginning of the school year, during Orientation, the Chief of Public Safety delivers avideo presentation to incoming students outlining the ways in which they can keep themselvesand their belongings secure by following basic safety strategies. The video also addresses firesafety concerns and elements of the fire code that students are required to follow.The Chief of Public Safety is also a member of the Campus Violence Prevention Committee andthe Campus Threat Assessment Team. These two administrative committees work to developpolicies which help members of the campus community identify individuals displaying high riskbehaviors that may pose a threat to the safety of the community, which then enables the Collegeto act on those reports in order to intervene and prevent violent actions before they occur. Allmembers of the campus community are encouraged to report threatening or concerning behaviorsto these committees for review.There are also programs designed to educate employees about security awareness. Eachdepartment has a safety representative, and the representatives meet several times a year todiscuss safety best practices. The Chief of Public Safety is also a member of the College’sStudent Care Network (“SCN”)—a collaborative team of people from different Collegedepartments—and they meet regularly to discuss how different departments can work together toaddress security issues across campus in the interest of promoting safety and awareness. TheChief of Public Safety is occasionally asked to give a presentation to the rest of the SCN whichcovers security awareness and crime prevention in a workplace context.Crime prevention programs specifically aimed at students include the aforementioned videopresentation during Orientation, as well as a self-defense class taught by the Applied HealthSciences department which runs for half a semester.Public Safety is available to provide additional security awareness and crime preventionprograms at the request of individual departments or Student Development. These may eithercover general safe practices or more specific concerns, depending on the request.

4Investigation and Enforcement Authority, JurisdictionWheaton College Public Safety oversees the reporting and investigation of all criminal incidentson the campus and strongly encourages all victims to make timely reports. Public Safety officersare non-sworn, but are authorized to make arrests as citizens according to Illinois law. Pursuantto 725 ILCS 5/107-3, a Public Safety officer has authority to make an arrest if the officer “hasreasonable grounds to believe that an offense other than an ordinance violation is beingcommitted.” This includes any felony or misdemeanor committed in an officer’s presence.Persons committing these criminal violations on campus are taken into custody and given to theWheaton city police for prosecution through the criminal justice system.Public Safety Officers are agents of the College who have been authorized by the Trustees toenforce all College rules and policies on all campus property. As such, Public Safety’sjurisdiction covers all of Wheaton’s main campus, which is private property owned by theTrustees of Wheaton College, including resident facilities. If Public Safety is notified of a crimethat occurs near campus and requires an emergency response, they will contact Wheaton Police.Wheaton College Public Safety maintains constant communication with the Wheaton Policethrough two-way radio, and Public Safety regularly contacts the police to respond to reports ofcriminal activity. There is no official Memorandum of Understanding between the College andthe local police.Public Safety, along with the Office of Legal Affairs & Risk Management, facilitates WheatonCollege’s compliance with all local, state, and federal laws which have a direct bearing oncampus security.Collection of Crime DataWheaton College Public Safety prepares the Annual Security Report (“ASR”) to comply with theCampus Security Act of 1990, more commonly known as the Clery Act. The ASR includesseveral College policies related to campus safety, in addition to crime statistics for the previousthree years. The full text of this report can be located on our web site d-services/public-safety/ under the heading“Clery Act Report.” If you are attempting to access the site from off campus, you can connectvia the Wheaton College home page at http://www.wheaton.edu/ and then search for PublicSafety.Crimes that are reported directly to Public Safety are logged and an official report is writtendetailing the nature of the crime and the outcome of any investigation conducted. We use thesereports as the initial basis for compiling the statistics in the ASR. In addition, Public Safety alsorequests data from the Wheaton Police Department and other Campus Security Authorities(“CSAs”) regarding crimes that may have been reported to those departments but not to PublicSafety, but which still must be included in the crime statistics. Each CSA provides updatedinformation on their educational efforts and programs to comply with the act.The Clery Act requires that the ASR include statistics for the following crimes occurring over

5the past three calendar years: murder/non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, rape,fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson,dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Also included in the statistics are students whowere referred for disciplinary sanctions or arrest for: liquor law violations, drug violations, andillegal weapons possession. In addition, all hate crimes are included that target victim(s) basedon their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, ornational origin. In addition to the crimes enumerated in the previous paragraph, hate crimes alsoinclude larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, or destruction, damage, or vandalism ofproperty where the victim was targeted for one of the aforementioned reasons.The Clery Act requires campuses to report designated crimes that occur in residence halls,campus grounds and buildings, public property adjacent to campus, and non-campus buildings orproperty owned or controlled by the College that is used by students for educational purposes.The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (“UCR)” System is the source of the definitions that we usefor Clery Act reporting.The Clery Act also requires campuses to log and report any fires that occur in on-campus studenthousing facilities. A “fire” is here defined as “any instance of open flame or other burning in aplace not intended to contain the burning or in an uncontrolled manner.” All fire statistics for thepast three years can be found in the second half of this report or at the ing/crime-statistics-and-cleryact/Campus Security AuthoritiesThe following departments and their supervisors have the responsibility to report crimes toPublic Safety to be included in the ASR:ooooooooResidence LifeStudent DevelopmentAthleticsWheaton in ChicagoWheaton College Science StationHoneyRockStudent Health ServicesGlobal Programs and StudiesNetworkingPublic Safety sends copies of its crime reports/case reports to a limited number of people,depending upon the circumstances. Those who may receive a copy include the Vice President ofStudent Development, Dean of Student Care and Graduate Student Life, Dean of Residence Life,Director of Risk Management, Director of Human Resources, and others as needed to keep theminformed of security incidents. Students who engage in criminal activity off-campus are referred

6to Student Development.Reporting a CrimeThe College encourages accurate and prompt reporting of all criminal actions, emergencies, orother incidents occurring on campus, on other property owned by the College, or on nearbypublic property to the appropriate administrator and appropriate policy agencies. Such a report isencouraged even when the victim of a crime elects not to make a report or is unable to do so.Individuals can report crimes to a number of individuals and organizations on campus. Forcrimes that are in progress or have just occurred, students are urged to call Public Safety at (630)752-5911 or to call 911 directly. For non-urgent reports, individuals can also contact StudentDevelopment (5022), Residence Life (5427), and Athletics (5079). Students, faculty, and staffshould also report situations to one of the campus security authorities identified above. Oncereported, the individual may also be encouraged to report the situation to the appropriate policeagency. If requested, a College staff member will assist in making the report to police.Students, staff, and visitors are encouraged to report all crimes to Public Safety—(630) 7525911—in an accurate and timely manner, especially if the crime requires an immediate responsefrom law enforcement and security personnel, or if it occurs outside normal business hours whenother departments may not have staff members on duty. Although Public Safety Officers are notsworn police officers, they are able to respond immediately and will contact the appropriate lawenforcement agencies if necessary. Students, staff, and visitors are also encouraged to report allcrimes to the Wheaton Police.There are also emergency phones placed throughout campus that are identifiable by the brightblue lights attached to them. These phones can be used to immediately contact Public Safety toreport a crime in progress or any suspicious or dangerous behavior that warrants investigation.Officers regularly check these emergency phones to ensure they are in proper working order.There are no non-campus locations of student organizations—such as fraternity houses—associated with Wheaton College.Reporting a crime in a confidential mannerIf you are a victim of a crime and do not want to pursue action within the College’s disciplinarychannels or the criminal justice system, you may still want to consider making a confidentialreport. With your permission, the Chief of Public Safety or a designee of Wheaton College canfile a report on the details of the incident without revealing your identity.Designees include all Public Safety Officers and those College employees responsible forreporting Clery violations: Dean of Student Care and Graduate Student Life, Dean of ResidenceLife, Director of Student Health Services, and Director of the Counseling Center. The purpose ofa confidential report is to comply with your wish to keep the matter confidential, while takingsteps to ensure the future safety of yourself and others. With such information, the College cankeep an accurate record of the number of incidents involving students, determine whether there

7is a pattern of crime with regard to a particular location, method, or assailant, and alert thecampus community to potential dangers. Reports filed in this manner are counted and disclosedin the annual crimes statistics for the College.Any crimes which fall within the scope of Title IX offenses will be referred to the Title IXCoordinator for investigation in compliance with the law. The College will generally honor thewishes of the survivor of sexual misconduct in whether or not to involve law enforcement, butmay in some circumstances need to take further action. More information on privacy andconfidentiality in Title IX matters can be found in the College’s Discrimination, Harassment, andSexual Misconduct Policy.Information reported to the professional counselors in the Counseling Center or to the pastoralcounselors in the Chaplain’s Office is privileged, by law, to the extent that these counselors arenot allowed to report most crimes to anyone outside their department. However, the counselorsare encouraged, at their discretion and if they believe it to be in the best interest of the student, tolet students know that the students themselves may report any crimes to Public Safety. If thevictim of a crime wishes to keep their identity confidential when reporting the crime to PublicSafety, such a report will be treated in the same aforementioned manner as other confidentialreports.Student Disciplinary Proceedings Results PolicyThe College will, upon written request, disclose to the alleged victim (or next of kin, whereappropriate) of a crime of violence, or a non-forcible sex offense, the results of any disciplinaryhearing conducted by the College against the student who is the alleged perpetrator of the crimeor offense.The previous paragraph does not apply to survivors of dating violence, domestic violence, sexualassault, or stalking because under the Violence Against Women Act both the complainant(s) andrespondent(s) in these cases are given the results without the need to make a written request.Security and AccessDuring business hours, the College (except for residential facilities) will be open for students,parents, employees, guests, and invitees. (Contractors need to work with Facilities Managementprior to admittance to campus buildings.) During non-business hours and/or when buildings arelocked for the day, individuals will only be admitted if they have been granted prior approval bya staff or faculty member who oversees the building or department at issue.Since Wheaton College is an open campus, visitors and alumni are welcome in public areas andbuildings during the times those facilities are open. However, students and employees must beaware that, though visitors are welcome, sometimes they engage in behaviors that the Collegedeems inappropriate or unsafe.Students and employees are strongly encouraged to report any suspicious behavior or suspiciousperson to Public Safety in a timely manner. If the subject is found to have engaged in any type ofquestionable, inappropriate, or unsafe behavior, the College may issue them a trespass letter,

8meaning that the person’s future presence on any College property is grounds for their arrest.Wheaton College reserves the absolute right to prohibit any individual from trespassing on theCollege’s private property for any reason, criminal or otherwise. Students and employees shouldreport any suspicious activity to Public Safety (ext. 5911).Residence halls are secured 24 hours per day. Students’ ID cards allow them access to thebuilding and room in which they live. In addition, underclassmen dorms are staffed overnight bystudent workers who monitor the main entrances to the buildings and regularly patrol thecommon areas.Security Considerations in the Maintenance of FacilitiesUnsafe and hazardous conditions are monitored by and reported to Facilities Management. Thatdepartment also works toward the security of the campus by repairing defective lights, doors,locks, gates and windows in a timely manner. Public Safety Officers regularly patrol all areas ofcampus and immediately report any hazardous or unsafe conditions so that FacilitiesManagement staff can repair them as soon as possible. We are open to suggestions from allpersons and are constantly looking for new ways to improve the safety and security of the peopleassociated with Wheaton College.Neighborhood Crime InformationThe City of Wheaton is protected by the Wheaton Police Department, more than 93 full-timeemployees who serve and protect the citizens of Wheaton. The department has 66 sworn officers,19 civilian employees and a 13-member auxiliary unit.The Wheaton Police DepartmentThe Wheaton Police Department is organized into three divisions: Patrol, Investigation andAdministration. Patrol and Investigation are led by a commander who reports to the DeputyChief and C

Wheaton College Public Safety maintains constant communication with the Wheaton Police through two-way radio, and Public Safety regularly contacts the police to respond to reports of criminal activity. There is no official Memorandum of Understanding between the College and the local police.